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Sig Mann sends this from Red Deer,
Alberta, Canada. It is carved from 2 pieces of Basswood with an
Oak base.

shakajo@shaw.ca

"SEVEN TEMPLARS"

presented by Miko Ianosic

Miko Ianosic is an accomplished carver
from Romania. These carvings are in Oak and finished with
finishing wax. The individual carvings range in size from an
average of 44x27 cms to the largest one which is 100cm x 40cm.

mikofireman@yahoo.com

UNTITLED "LOTUS & DUCKS"

presented by Roy Lou

This carving and the one below were
done by Roy Lou, a Chinese artist of great talent. Both carvings
are done in Basswood and Camphor wood.

See below for more info

northlin@gmail.com

"UNTITLED"

presented by Roy Lou

Roy Lou resides in the city of
Dongyang, China. He claims it is the woodcarving capital of all
China.

northlin@gmail.com

"cIRCUS
PERFORMERS"

presented by Fedor Ballakh

This presentation from Fedor continues
on the path of his circus theme. The Russian name of the carving
does not translate into English. It is carved from Basswood, Teak,
Walnut, and Amaranth and is 25.5x21x29 cm in size.

This image was received from JR
Cadawas who lives in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cadawas carved this
fine piece in Basswood. Enjoy.

jrcdcwas@sbglobal.net

"FROM THE CIRCUS TENT"

presented by Fedor Ballakh

We received this image from St.
Petersburg, Russia from Fedor Ballakh, a fine sculptor who has visited
our site with his work before. This carving uses no stains, the
colors are achieved by using different woods. In this case Fedor
used maple, beech,ottenkov(?),sapele,
wenge, dark and light walnut, pear, and amaranth
gluing the pieces together and then carving them. Thank you Fedor
for sharing this with everyone.

This Falcon flew in from Red Deer,
Alberta, Canada. Sig carved this piece from one piece of
Tupelo. It is painted with acrylics and was donated to a wildlife
center.

shakajo@shaw.ca

"Brown Trout"

presented by Stewart Biddle

This 26 inch Brown Trout was
caught in New Zealand. It is carved from Aspen and the rocks are
from Maple.

biddle1955@gmail.com

"Doug & Andy"

presented by Will Hayden

Will finished these two who are all
dressed up and ready for town. Great caricature carvings from
Vacouver, WA

"Scheherazade"

presented by Fedor Ballakh

Another fine carving from St.
Petersburg, Russia. This one is 24x22x12.5 cms. Fedor does
excellent work.

ballakh2f@gmail.com

"Sea Turtles"

"Alligator"

presented by Del Martin

These two carvings (left & below)
were carved by Del Martin. The turtles are carved in walnut and
mounted on a piece of driftwood. The alligator is also carved in
walnut but mounted on a branch. Del lives in Pennsylvania.

This game board with the Startrek
motif was sent by a beginner carver who's doing a fine job.

FIREPLACE MANTEL

DEPICTING WISCONSIN SCENES

presented by J.J. Lynes

Shown are three of the four
sections of a 12'x10" fireplace mantel for a new home in
Wisconsin. The wood was harvested from Chicago's Navy Pier when it
was dismantled. The mantel has been completed and a finish applied
but these are shown unfinished as the carving shows best without the
glare of the finish. Mr. Lynes carves in Mauston, Wi

jjlynes@gmail.com

"THE DAWN" "Рассвет"

presented by Fedor Ballakh

Fedor Ballakh has sent several
carvings from St. Petersburg, Russia for your enjoyment. This is
again about children--he conceived this work so that young people, boys
and girls will go to all that is good in the future, and be optimistic
in life. (Translated from the original letter in Russian) This
carving is 36x54x21 cm

Richard is a woodcarver from Puyallup,
WA. Flute #60 is carved from Canarywood with onyx inlay, it has a
3/4" bore tuned to the Key of "G" mode 1 & 4.
Flute #61 (bottom) is carved from Granadillo wood. The fetish is
carved Cottonwood Bark. It has a 1" bore tuned to the Key of
"E" mode 1 & 4.

r_nmazza@q.com

"KING EIDER" &
"HARLEQUIN DRAKE"

presented by Steve Brosque

Steve carved these ducks from
basswood. He has been carving about ten years.

SEBOOMALS@aol.com

"SNOWY OWL"

presented by Roger Foote

This beautiful little Snowy Owl was
sent from New York. Roger is a carver with 30 yrs
experience. The Owl is carved in Basswood and finished with Golden
acrylic paints.

moosefoote58@gmail.com

"SUNFLOWERS"

"with love to the
art of VanGogh"

presented by Anatoliy
Obeletz

"Sunflowers"
was sent to us from the South Ukraine by a gifted carver. This
piece is 52x38 cm and is done in Pine in a mosaic manner started by
Anatoliy Obeletz, who is called the Ukrainian Van Gogh by his
compatriots.

alex_weiss@list.ru

"COPELAND SIGN"

presented by Gordon DeYoung

Gordon lives in Grants
Pass, OR & made this sign for his brother's business. He used
9 Incense Cedar 4x6x8 planks, each one sealed w/two part
epoxy for waterproofing & for sealing the Cedar. It is
finished with 9 coats of tung oil based paint and attached to 8x8
Incense Cedar posts.

This unique root sculpture of Ring Neck Pheasants
comes to us from New York. Underwood has started to carve more
interpretative sculptures and enjoys working with the natural
shapes found in root wood. This sculpture is done in Cyprus
root. He also sent the images below.

wunderwoo@stny.rr.com

"GADWALL DRAKE"

presented by Bill Underwood

This drake is carved as a solid body
in Basswood and won Best in Show at Lancaster, Pa. Underwood
strives to make each
piece as realistic as possible. “His goal
is to capture the spirit of
each creature in all his sculptures”.

wunderwoo@stny.rr.com

"ARCHER"
"CELLIST"
" READY TO FLY"

presented by Fred Zavadil

This carver has sent these
images for your enjoyment from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. All of
his carvings are consistent first place winners. These were 1st,
2nd, and 3rd BEST of SHOW in the Woodcarving Congress Show in Davenport
Iowa. All three of these are carved from Basswood and
stained. The Cellist was stained after it had the color
applied. Fred mixes his own stains from artist oils.